Merge pull request #3490 from MathieuDuponchelle/dict_builtin

Add new built-in type, dict

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+## New built-in object dictionary
+
+Meson dictionaries use a syntax similar to python's dictionaries,
+but have a narrower scope: they are immutable, keys can only
+be string literals, and initializing a dictionary with duplicate
+keys causes a fatal error.
+
+Example usage:
+
+```meson
+dict = {'foo': 42, 'bar': 'baz'}
+
+foo = dict.get('foo')
+foobar = dict.get('foobar', 'fallback-value')
+
+foreach key, value : dict
+  Do something with key and value
+endforeach
+```